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Paddy Purtell vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Paddy Purtell

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Paddy Purtell (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Rube Ferns (46-19-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Purtell

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ferns

46

Wins33 KO · 72%

19

Losses

9

Draws74 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Series level 1–1

Paddy Purtell and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Paddy Purtell and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1896Nov 91898Nov 30Series
Paddy PurtellFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Rube FernsFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultKOR3KOR52Meetings

The Numbers

Purtell 2 · Ferns 4 of 6 measurable rows
PurtellFerns
Record†
1-246-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
68.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
1
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
71%
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
1.3
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
3
74

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Paddy Purtell: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
Paddy Purtell: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Paddy Purtell: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Paddy Purtell left, Rube Ferns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Paddy Purtell1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Paddy Purtell: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Rube Ferns45 wins · from 74 tracked bouts

Rube Ferns: 45 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (71%), 9 on the cards (20%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 74 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 20%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Paddy Purtell 3, Rube Ferns 74 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Paddy Purtell last boxed on Mar 13, 1899 — 46,616 days ago. Purtell had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Ferns Nov 1896Ferns Nov 1898Ryan Mar 18991.3 tracked bouts per year

Rube Ferns has lost two straight. Ferns last boxed on Apr 5, 1910.WDDLL

Mason Jun 1906Sieger Jun 1906Dukelow Dec 1906Farmer Sep 1907Ferns Apr 19105.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Paddy Purtell and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Paddy Purtell and Rube Ferns have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LNov 30, 1898 · Ferns · KO R5

WNov 9, 1896 · Purtell · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Purtell or Ferns?
Paddy Purtell is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rube Ferns is 46-19-9. Rube Ferns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Purtell1–233.3%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Purtell or Ferns?
Paddy Purtell has 1 knockout win and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Purtell1

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Purtell and Ferns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Paddy Purtell and Rube Ferns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Purtell and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Paddy Purtell and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Purtell3bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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